Help
If you need help right now.
These nonprofit hotlines come first. They have humans on the line, 24/7, free. UNI comes after, for finding and removing content that is already online. Crisis support is not our lane.
Crisis support, 24/7, free, humans answer
Call these first.
If you are in crisis right now, including thoughts of self-harm, sextortion threats, or an active attack, these organizations are equipped for the call in a way that a tool is not.
1-844-878-2274
Image Abuse Helpline. Live crisis intervention for victims of non-consensual intimate imagery, sextortion, and related abuse. Evidence documentation and attorney referrals included.
Visit cybercivilrights.org →1-800-656-HOPE (4673)
Confidential support for survivors of sexual violence in any form, including image-based abuse. Also available via online chat at rainn.org.
Visit rainn.org →Online tool (no phone)
For minors, or for content taken when the victim was under 18. Hash-registration prevents the image from being uploaded across major platforms.
Visit takeitdown.ncmec.org →1-800-843-5678
Report the imagery itself when the person depicted is under 18. NCMEC analysts review every report, refer it to law enforcement, and notify the platform — any platform, not just Take It Down partners.
Visit report.cybertip.org →Prevent future spread
Stop the image from spreading further.
These tools register intimate-image hashes with major platforms so the image cannot be uploaded across them. Complementary to UNI, they prevent new uploads, UNI finds and removes what is already public.
For adults 18+. Register a hash of an intimate image; partner platforms, including Meta, TikTok, Reddit, OnlyFans, Pornhub, Snap, Bing, Google, block uploads matching it. Free. Your image never leaves your device.
Visit stopncii.org →Tech-abuse expertise for domestic-violence survivors. Guidance on intimate-image abuse from a current or former partner, including safety planning and advocate referrals.
Visit www.techsafety.org →Not in the US?
Your country may be able to order the removal.
Several countries have government schemes with legal power to order content down. For victims there, these are often stronger than any platform form. Use them alongside UNI, not instead.
Government regulator with statutory power to order removal of intimate images shared, or threatened to be shared. Platforms face fines for ignoring it.
Visit www.esafety.gov.au →Free, government-funded. They contact platforms for you. Report Harmful Content (reportharmfulcontent.com) covers the wider abuse categories.
Visit revengepornhelpline.org.uk →Step-by-step removal help for intimate images. Under 18? Use cybertip.ca, Canada's tipline.
Visit needhelpnow.ca →Statutory agency under the Harmful Digital Communications Act. Free help line 0508 638 723 and an online report form.
Visit netsafe.org.nz →Government-run deletion-support team for digital sex-crime victims. Korean-language.
Visit d4u.stop.or.kr →24/7 online petition to the Thai courts for a removal order (ThaID required). Thai Hotline (thaihotline.org) takes reports to Thai ISPs. The police TCSD cybercrime unit also takes reports in person or by phone.
Visit cios.coj.go.th →Hold the message (or right-click on desktop) and tap Report — it works in any chat you can see and is the fastest door. Our prepared notice goes to Telegram's takedown inbox. If the victim is under 18, Take It Down plus Telegram's dedicated CSAM address (stopCA@telegram.org) apply. In the EU, the @EURegulation bot takes Digital Services Act reports.
Visit telegram.org →What we do, afterward
Once the crisis has been spoken to.
UNI is a free tool for finding the content that is already online and pursuing its removal. The protective action is free for everyone, forever, no subscription, no per-notice fee, no cap.
We are tooling, not a service: you sign the §512(c)(3) perjury attestation on every takedown notice, we prepare the legal text, find the right inbox or form on each platform, and watch the URL until the content is gone. Same legal floor every service operates under.
See where your face appears, free scan →When to use what
A simple decision tree.
Just discovered intimate imagery of you exists online.
CCRI hotline first. Then UNI to find and remove copies.
Worried about future uploads of an image you already have.
StopNCII to register the hash with platforms. UNI to find what is already out there.
Your face is being used commercially, in ads, or to impersonate you.
UNI directly, non-intimate likeness misuse is our default lane.
The victim is under 18 (or the content was created when they were).
Report the content at NCMEC's CyberTipline, then Take It Down to block re-uploads, then CCRI. UNI can support but the minors-first tools are stronger.
The abuser is a current or former partner.
NNEDV Safety Net first, they have DV-specific safety planning that UNI cannot replace.
Lost or hacked account
Lost access to your own account, or want it deleted?
This is not a takedown we file. If the content is on your own account and you can still reach the platform, the fastest path is the platform's own recovery and deletion help. They can verify you are the account holder and act in minutes. We cannot do that part for you, and routing it through a takedown notice would only slow you down.
Go straight to the source. These are the official recovery and account-deletion help pages.
Hacked account, lost login, or delete your account. On Instagram, go straight to instagram.com/hacked.
Open www.facebook.com →If the content is on someone else's account, not yours, that is a takedown. Start a free scan and we will help you find it and remove it.
Threats before anything is posted
Someone is threatening to post, but it is not online yet.
This is sextortion, and your safety comes first. There is nothing posted yet for us to take down, but you are not powerless — you can block the upload in advance and bring in the people who handle live threats. Do this now.
Contact law enforcement first.
In the United States, report to the FBI at ic3.gov. If the victim is under 18, also report to NCMEC's CyberTipline. Anywhere else, call your local police; in Australia, eSafety also takes sextortion reports directly. If you are a minor, or the threat involves a minor, this is the most important step.
Block the image before it can be posted.
If you still have the image or video they are threatening you with, StopNCII.org (18 or over) and Take It Down (under 18, run by NCMEC) can fingerprint it on your own device so Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, Reddit and 15+ other platforms block the upload before it ever appears. It works even though nothing is posted yet, and the image never leaves your device.
Call a crisis line.
The Cyber Civil Rights Initiative Image Abuse Helpline is reachable at 1-844-878-2274. They walk people through exactly this situation every day.
Do not pay.
Paying almost never makes the threat stop. It usually signals that you will pay again. Stop responding to the demands.
Save the evidence.
Screenshot the messages, usernames, profile links, and any payment details. Do not delete the conversation. Law enforcement will need it.
The moment anything is actually posted, come back here and we will take it down.
If it has been posted, start a takedown →Crisis support comes first. We come after. The nonprofits above existed before UNI did and serve people we can never replace; please use them, and tell others.